associate

B1 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /əˈsoʊʃieɪt/ UK /əˈsəʊʃieɪt/ See IPA manual

Freq #5274

Meanings

1

verb
To connect one thing with another in your mind.

Most people associate this song with the summer of that year.
2

verb
To spend time with a particular group of people.

He is known to associate with criminals.
3

noun
A person you work with or do business with.

I had to consult with my associate before continuing.
4

adj
Having a lower or partial level of status or membership.

He is only an associate member of the club.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to connect one thing with... link

2 verb · to spend time with a... affiliate consort

More adjunct cohort collaborator colleague compeer confrere consociate fellowjobmateworkfellowworkmate

Opposites

disassociate

Word family

Forms associatesassociating

Derived forms adeno-associatedassociahedronassociateshipassociatismassociatorassocietteheteroassociateinterassociatemisassociatephotoassociatepreassociatereassociate

Related forms accomplice acquaintance aide apprentice assistant association associative attendant bosscoconspiratorfriend helper

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associate professor
an academic rank below full professor and above assistant professor

Adjective + noun

Simplified etymology

Associate entered English in the late Middle English period from Latin associare, “to unite.” That verb is closely related to Latin socius, “companion,” the source behind social and society.

Etymology

From Middle English associat(e) (used participially as well as adjectively up to Early Modern English), from Latin associātus, the perfect passive participle of associō (“to join, unite”), from ad- + sociō, from socius (“shared, common, kindred”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix).

*sekʷ- Proto-Indo-European associat Middle English associātus Latin

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# associate

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** verb, noun, adj
**IPA (US):** /əˈsoʊʃieɪt/
**IPA (UK):** /əˈsəʊʃieɪt/
**Frequency rank:** 5274

## Meanings
1. To connect one thing with another in your mind.
2. To spend time with a particular group of people.
3. A person you work with or do business with.
4. Having a lower or partial level of status or membership.

## Examples
- Most people associate this song with the summer of that year.
- He is known to associate with criminals.
- I had to consult with my associate before continuing.
- He is only an associate member of the club.

## Synonyms
- adjunct
- cohort
- collaborator
- colleague
- compeer
- confrere
- consociate
- fellow
- jobmate
- workfellow
- workmate

## Antonyms
- disassociate

## Derived Forms
- adeno-associated
- associahedron
- associateship
- associatism
- associator
- associette
- heteroassociate
- interassociate
- misassociate
- photoassociate
- preassociate
- reassociate

## Related Forms
- accomplice
- acquaintance
- aide
- apprentice
- assistant
- association
- associative
- attendant
- boss
- coconspirator
- friend
- helper

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *sekʷ-
- Root: associat
- Root: associātus

## Etymology
From Middle English associat(e) (used participially as well as adjectively up to Early Modern English), from Latin associātus, the perfect passive participle of associō (“to join, unite”), from ad- + sociō, from socius (“shared, common, kindred”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix).

## AI Etymology
Associate comes from Middle English associat(e) (used participially as well as adjectively up to Early Modern English), from Latin associātus, the perfect passive participle of associō (“to join, unite”), from ad- plus sociō, from socius (“shared, common, kindred”) plus -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix). The historical line also includes Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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